Automatic stock-dipping tanks.



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tnwrs l. nncxmmm or anew-m3. 1in-Hens Speeiicatlon at Letters Patent. Patented Sept.. 2l 1905).

Application tiled April 28. 1908. Serial No4 429.767.

To all whom 'it may concern:

- Be it known that l, EDWIN M. Reclmlms,

n ('itizen of the United States, residing at, Ozon-kie, in the county of Jellerson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Stocle Dipping Tanks. of whit-h the followingr is a.

My invention is a device intended to serve the purpose that the large dipping tanks serve. in treating all kinds of live stock to crude-oil. or other snitahle liquid, for ilisinfecting and ridding the slot-l; of such diseases as may be thus treated.

It. is the object of in v invention to provide :1. device of this kind, which may he nnule up vheaply :1nd sold tothe individual fai-incr at a low prive, and -vet nhivh is prnetivahle :unl efiicient, thus providing each farmer or stm-lf raiser with his own dripping.lr pleut. instead of necessitating treatment only atA the wgular dipping stations. And in ortlerthat it may not he necessarv to keep a large tank filled with the'liqni in wlxith the stock is' immersed. I provide n small long tank whieh is elevated above the ground. being snportefh for instance. hy two end posts,'jnst liigh enough that the stock will ruh their necks agnm the under side of the tank; :uul in the h ottoni of the tank nw a vuuuhez' of vulves which are opened autolnatii-ally when rubbed underneath, thus permitting :i small quantity of the liquid to run ont' :unl down on the aninials neck or back. 0l course, it will be. understood that circumstances will dictate in a measure where each tank is to be placed as well as the height above the ground. Thus it may be placed inn field in a place Where. the ntiivtetl animals will rub up against4 it.; or itvmay he placed over a. gate tln'ongnwhich hogs pass, etc.

In the drawings aceompanyin and for-m1 ing part. of this specification an in the (lescription of the drawings, I have. shown my invention in its preferred forms. and have l shown the best mode of applying the principles thereof; but:V it is to he understood that 1 contemplate changes in form, proportions, nml materi:1ls,the transposition of parts.anfl the substitution of equivalent members. with out departing from the spirit of the invention; within the scope of the appended claims.

Figure l is av View showing a tark mudo in accordance with my invention from end to end. the left half being a, vertical center semi-on through the line 1 of Figs. t! ani Fig. 2 is n cross sectional' View throng-fh the line 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 i5 nn cnil .ie'o'. et: Fig. t is n vertical center sevtionai View of one of lhe vulves. enlarged. Fig. .'i is a similar .'iew of a modified Vtorni of vnive.

Similar ruik-renee elmraeters inlif te lil@ or oorzesponding parts throughmz -..e et". vrai views. Y

A is a tank for .-ontnining -ihe liquid: i2 may he of aniy suitable size; shaw. anti siniterinl; thus. for eonvenient use, )'nirinhilitjf. vtr.. il may he approximately ten inches with 7u at the top. ten int'hes it-rp. and several feet. long: of the shape shown in the drawings: and of en iron. .is l contemplate that th" vulves. which are in the 'bottoni of the tnnli .shell he oprrateal by the animal rubbing its 5 neck or back against it, it nee-wary that n suitable means he provide-(l for supporting the tank at :x proper elevation aiuow the. gronnfl: thus. l have shawn the t-vo end posts B. B, .vhieh mary lvser in [he ground and to whit-h the tauh muy heholteti hf.' bolts C, C.

D, D represent a series of valve seats screwed into the bottom ot' the tank. Through each Ynlve sent extends :i .su-n1 l". 85 with a migitudinnl groove l-.' anni provide-tl at its upper en!! with :i leather or i'nhhvr washer l". whieh forms thi- \':;!\a .suztwi on the vulve sent l), nml which i` hl in piave. hy the screw G and nxetai was .er l1. The lower end of the stem E extends ont from thil bottoni of the tank and is proviflwl with a washer l, and to the under side of the washers is secured a st ripocloth. or canvas or other suitable flexible material J. hf.' means 9 of the tap K.

fl is n coil spring for normally holding the valve closed.

The strip J makes a comparative! y smooth and agreeable surface for the animal to rub against, and insures the operation of the valves.

Referring to F ig. 5: L is thev valve seat which may be screwed through the bottom of the tank. M is the vulve sented therein, und m5 N is *'lze stem provided with washer I and tap K. O is a compression spring inserted above the valve for normally holding it. closed, being retained in posit-ion by the. plug l, while4 Q, Q nre holes through the v sent. to permit the liquid to flow ihereinto from the bottom of the tank.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of an elongated tank, means for supporting the tank above the ground so as to'permit livestock to rub against the under side of the tank, a series of valves arranged in the bottom of the tank so as to be closed with the pressure of liquid in the tank and opened against said pressure,

astem for each valve terminating below the bottom of the tank, and a continuous exible eoverin or said terminals formin a smooth and ytllding surface against whic the animals may rub, substantially as set forth'.

2. The combination vof an elongated tank. means for supporting the tank aboveihe gonnd, a seri-es of v'alvesarranged in the ttom of the tank. a spring coperating .with the pressure of liquid in the tank for closing each valve, a stem for each valve terminating underneath the tank, and a continuous fiexible covering forthe terminals of all said valve stems, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of an elongated tank adapted to be supported above the ground, a series of valves arranged in the bottom of the tank, a valve stem for each valve terminating under the bottom of the tank, and a continuous flexible covering for all said valve stems, substantially as set. forth.

In testimony whereof I have' hereunto signed my name in the presence-of witnesses.

` EDWIN M. RECKARDS. 'Witnessesz Hazan D. RICHARDSON,

J. O. DILL. 

